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May 2016
FAMILY CONCERT: VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert 2016
Experience the music of our southern neighbors at a multi-generational fiesta! Prominent Mexican composers work as composers-in-residence with school choirs, community choruses, and VocalEssence to bring the sounds of Mexico to Minnesota. Join us for a family-friendly, bilingual music celebration! Featuring: Longfellow Alternative High School (Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project Partner), Minneapolis Folwell School, Performing Arts Magnet, Minneapolis Hiawatha Leadership Academies, Minneapolis Central High School, Saint Paul VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Season Sponsor Concert Sponsors Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation…
Find out more »FAMILY CONCERT: VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert 2016
Experience the music of our southern neighbors at a multi-generational fiesta! Prominent Mexican composers work as composers-in-residence with school choirs, community choruses, and VocalEssence to bring the sounds of Mexico to Minnesota. Join us for a family-friendly, bilingual music celebration! Featuring: Champlin Park High School, Champlin Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis Northport Elementary School, Brooklyn Center VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Season Sponsor Concert Sponsors Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation This activity is made possible by the voters…
Find out more »Champlin Park High School Choir Concert with Sabathani Vintage Voices
Come and experience the sounds of Champlin Park High School’s choirs, which will include the Viva Voce choir directed by Margaret Sabin with guest artists Sabathani Vintage Voices directed by Robert Graham and accompanied by John Jenson performing a new commission by Catherine Dalton. Open to the public. $5 tickets will be available at the door. Sabathani Senior Center is part of a new VocalEssence community engagement program called Vintage Voices, an exciting new choral program that integrates the arts into the…
Find out more »July 2016
COMMUNITY EVENT: A Bridge of Song
Hosted by Classical Minnesota Public Radio, you are invited to a free concert Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, Classical MPR manager of choral initiatives, and our own G. Phillip Shoultz, III, associate conductor, will lead singers in a program featuring special guests Fred Steele, JD Steele and Dessa. The event will last approximately one hour and consist largely of music, interspersed with brief inspirational and meditative readings. Run concurrently with a community sing in…
Find out more »September 2016
VINTAGE VOICES: Augustana Open Circle of Hopkins Concert
Come and experience the sounds of Augustana Open Circle of Hopkins' new choir - The Open Circle Vintage Voices - in an exciting program featuring selections of jazz, spirituals, folk songs and more. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Reception to follow. Augustana Open Circle of Hopkins is part of a new VocalEssence community engagement program called Vintage Voices, an exciting new choral program that integrates the arts into the everyday lives of older adults by fostering the creation of choirs…
Find out more »VINTAGE VOICES: Presbyterian Homes at Folkestone Concert
Come and experience the sounds of Presbyterian Homes & Services at Folkestone's new choir - The Folkestone Singers - in an exciting program featuring selections of jazz, classical, spirituals, folk songs and more. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Reception to follow. Presbyterian Homes & Services at Folkestone is part of a new VocalEssence community engagement program called Vintage Voices, an exciting new choral program that integrates the arts into the everyday lives of older adults by fostering the creation of choirs in assisted…
Find out more »October 2016
COMMUNITY SING: Alice Parker & Ysaÿe Barnwell
Advance registration for this event is now closed. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door. No one knows better the power of singing together than the queens of choral music, Alice Parker and Ysaÿe Barnwell. Join us at this immersive community sing to feed your soul and rediscover the power of your own voice. No experience necessary. Tickets are $25. Parking in the Peoples Bank ramp will be validated (the ramp is on the same block as…
Find out more »CONCERT CONVERSATION: The Voyage
Join us for a concert conversation with Nick Nash and contemporary quilter Kay McCarthy hosted by Randall Davidson.
Find out more »CONCERT: The Voyage
Advance sales for this event are now closed. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door beginning at 2:30 PM on Sunday, October 16. As a chill hits the air, wrap yourself in the warm sounds of choral music and recall times when the kindness of others created a path out of loneliness. Sit back and enjoy two premieres that chart a course from solitude to security using singing as a compass. Bob Chilcott’s The Voyage unites…
Find out more »VocalEssence 48th Season Subscription
Our 48th Season will inspire you and expand your choral horizons, with soul-stirring premieres, distinguished collaborations, and guest artists that are sure to delight and surprise. Learn more about this season’s concerts and events below; you can also browse the 2016-2017 Season Brochure below, use our Searchable Calendar to find performances by date, and read about our Ticket Discounts and Policies. Season concerts—From the heartwarming to the hilarious, there is something for everyone. Family concerts and events—Holiday favorites like Star of Wonder and Community Sings…
Find out more »November 2016
Give to the Max Day 2016
Thursday, November 17, 2016 is Give to the Max Day! 6,567 students are slated to attend the VocalEssence WITNESS Young People’s Concerts this February (1,000 more students than last season!). In order to make the concerts possible for everyone, we need to raise $25 per student. Sponsor a seat (or two) and pay it forward this holiday season. Just $25 will give what one student called “absolutely amazing!” If you are a new donor, a board member will match your…
Find out more »December 2016
CONCERT: Welcome Christmas, Apple Valley
Advance ticket sales for this event are now closed. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door beginning at 6:30 PM. Journey to Bethlehem this Christmas to experience the wonder and awe of the nativity with Conrad Susa’s Carols & Lullabies. This playfully charming setting of the Christmas story weaves in music of Mexico and the American Southwest accompanied by harp, marimba and guitar. Tap your toes to contest-winning carols for choir and vibraphone, and round off…
Find out more »CONCERT: Welcome Christmas, Roseville
ADVANCE TICKET SALES FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED. TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR BEGINNING AT 6:30 PM. Journey to Bethlehem this Christmas to experience the wonder and awe of the nativity with Conrad Susa’s Carols & Lullabies. This playfully charming setting of the Christmas story weaves in music of Mexico and the American Southwest accompanied by harp, marimba and guitar. Tap your toes to contest-winning carols for choir and vibraphone, and round off…
Find out more »FAMILY CONCERT: Star of Wonder, 9:30 AM
ADVANCE TICKET SALES FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED. TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR BEGINNING AT 9:00 AM. Clap, wiggle and sing along to your favorite carols at our 45-minute family holiday concert. Sit up close and experience the wonder of choral singing (maybe even for the first time). Pillows, baby bottles and teddy bears welcome! Members of the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Philip Brunelle, conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor TICKETS: $12 Adults, $8…
Find out more »FAMILY CONCERT: Star of Wonder, 11 AM
ADVANCE TICKET SALES FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED. TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR BEGINNING AT 10:30 AM. Clap, wiggle and sing along to your favorite carols at our 45-minute family holiday concert. Sit up close and experience the wonder of choral singing (maybe even for the first time). Pillows, baby bottles and teddy bears welcome! Members of the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Philip Brunelle, conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor TICKETS: $12 Adults, $8…
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